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curb weight

noun

: the weight of an automobile with standard equipment and fuel, oil, and coolant

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At 5,192 pounds curb weight, the 4 is no lightweight, but no EV is. Mark Phelan, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025 At 5,192 pounds curb weight, the 4 is no lightweight, but no EV is. Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 4 Nov. 2025 With this muscle, paired with active aero, the 3,737-pound (curb weight) Mercedes-AMG One set a production-car lap record at Germany’s famed Nürburgring-Nordschleife track in 2022. Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2025 Even with a portly curb weight and quintessentially Audi (meaning, weird) powertrain? Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for curb weight

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of curb weight was in 1949

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“Curb weight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curb%20weight. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.

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